Dr. Basel I. Abed Ismail is a successful long-track experienced academician and Associate Professor & Chair of the Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering at Lakehead University, pioneering and international academic researcher in alternative energy and renewable & green energy engineering technologies, an academic editor for several books, an academic author for many articles and book chapters, and a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) of Ontario, Canada.
Solar energy is a significant renewable energy source that is abundant and environmentally friendly. Solar PV Panels – Recent Advances and Future Prospects provides a comprehensive overview of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels for direct electric power production. Chapters address such topics as fundamentals of solar PV panels; modeling, simulations, optimization, and economics of solar panels; solar panels testing; semiconductor materials for solar cells and panels; solar PV applications and policies; and solar PV and battery storage sizing for stand-alone and grid-connected applications.
Go to the bookPart of the book: Planet Earth 2011
Part of the book: New Developments in Renewable Energy
Part of the book: Renewable Hydropower Technologies
Part of the book: Renewable Geothermal Energy Explorations
Part of the book: Geothermal Energy
Power generation using thermoelectric generator technology is becoming increasingly attractive solution due to the ongoing substantial improvements in material engineering, system optimization, and novel manufacturing technologies with recent advances in nanotechnology. The design and fabrication of novel thermoelectric materials is challenging because they require co-optimization of complex properties to efficiently convert thermal energy to electricity in what is known as the Seebeck effect. Computational chemistry and machine learning offer a solution toward finding optimal thermoelectric semiconductor alloys with higher figure of merit values. In this chapter, fundamental aspects and advances in thermoelectric materials for power generation are presented and discussed. A thorough modeling and numerical simulation for a case study of a TEG device application are also presented and discussed in this chapter.
Part of the book: New Materials and Devices for Thermoelectric Power Generation [Working title]